Important umbrella organization for many environmental groups in the Chicagoland area.
Barnswallow is a local nonprofit dedicated to rehabilitation of injured and orphaned
raptors. Includes a FAQ of what to do if you find a hawk, owl or other raptor that
needs help.
Barrington-based facility that rehabilitates birds and wildlife of all kinds.
Website for the Lake County Forest Preserve District, with news and maps.
Everything needed for the Cook County Forest Preserve volunteers.
Official website for the Cook County Forest Preserves.
Open land advocacy group in Lake Forest, owning over 750 acres in
a variety of habitats.
Variety of environment information and links for McHenry County.
Chicagoland Environmental Network, with database.
Illinois river health monitoring program
Political action group that keeps up with environmental bills before IL legislature;
their website contains links to over 2,500 environmental organizations in the US
and Canada
Group actively restoring Spring Creek Forest Preserve, an ambitious program
to restore a nearly 4,000 acre Cook County Forest Preserve in Barrington Hills.
CFC has provided early guidance and considerable seed.
A group in Lake Zurich restoring a 14-acre oak savanna/woodland, with some assistance
from CFC.
The Sierra Club is involved with a variety of local interests, including restoration
of Spring Creek Forest Preserve.
Audubon Society's web page, with a wide variety of resources - use this link
for their
magazine,
and this for
quick navigation.
Global non-profit organization with local chapters that buys environmentally
sensitive property and generally transfers them to regional caretakers.
Wide range of environmental news.
Lake County wildlife and plants, provided by the Lake County Forest Preserves and
the U.S. Department of Education.
MidWest Frogs (Ravenswood Media) has an excellent collection of frog calls native
to our area.
Illinois Native Plant Society website
Identification of Illinois native flowering plants and trees, grouped by habitat
Identify wild birds using location, body type, habitat, etc.
A digital photo gallery, indexed by scientific names.
A digital library of vascular plant images, under development as a research
project of the Texas A&M Bioinformatics Working Group. Browse library by
alphabetical plant family listing, or string search by plant names.
2001-2010, Citizens for Conservation, Inc. Barrington Illinois